The Sunflower Life Cycle by Celine Diskaya

THE SUNFLOWER LIFE CYCLE AN ALL-YOU-NEED-TO-KNOW GUIDE

STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE ALL THE STEPS OF A SUNFLOWERS LIFE CYCLE.

HOW A SUNFLOWER SURVIVES HOW A SUNFLOWER SHINES ALIVE!

FUN FACTS DID YOU KNOW......IN 2012 GERMANY SET THE TALLEST SUNFLOWER: 8.23 M. READ MORE TO FIND OUT!!!

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Stages of the life cycle seed 2.Stages of the life cycle sprout 3.Stages of the life cycle bud 4.Stages of the life cycle sunflower 5.How an organism survives 6.Fun facts

STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE

STAGE 1 SEED

Bonus Facts!

Sunflower seeds are being planted in The seeds have a hard shell that surrounds the spring its because they need to be the seed.The pointed edge of the seed is warm and they need rain.Also there where the root grows. The round edge is are all types of seeds.You can also made up with seedling leaves which have eat some of the seeds.Rain makes lots of food. If the seed germinates the the ground wet when you plant the sunflower will live off all its food and eat it seed.So it makes the seed soft and until it will be able to make its own food. then it breaks open.

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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE

STAGE 2 SPROUT

Sprouts have stems ,leaves and a root.When the seed breaks open There is a sprout. A sprout is a baby sunflower. Also after 1 week the sprout will pop out.

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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE

STAGE 3 - BUD The sprout gets larger and it becomes a bud at the top of its stem. The bud will pop open and it will become a sunflower. The petals will pop up one by one and the green bud will go on the back of the sunflower.

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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE

STAGE 4 - SUNFLOWER

Once the petals all open up it will become a sunflower and it will stay all alive during the Summer! The sunflower is now grown up and now some bees will collect some nectar from the sunflower. The sunflower also makes pollen.

When bees fly around the pollen it will spread around and it causes sunflowers to make some new seeds. In Fall, the sunflowers get cold and start to die. But they drop their seeds and the life cycle starts all over again!

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HOW A SUNFLOWERÂ SURVIVES HOW A SUNFLOWER SURVIVES

A sunflower needs soil sun and water to grow.

The best season for sunflowers to grow in is Spring. The worst season would be Winter

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FUN FACTS ABOUT SUNFLOWERS In 2012 Germany set the

Kansas is the sunflower

tallest sunflower;8.23m.

state and sunflowers are the flower of Ukraine.

A sunflowers brods as big as a bears face

The flower head of the sunflower is made of tiny flowers called florets.

Sunflowers can be turned into peanut butter. A name for it is sunbutter.

A sunflowers stem grows up to 10 feet tall

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